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Ante Up: Mixtapes That Went From Free to a Fee

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Drake, So Far Gone

Drake's So Far Gone, released in February 2009, broke through like few mixtapes ever before. "Best I Ever Had" became a major radio hit and landed a Grammy nomination, and Drake signed a deal with Young Money in the aftermath. A stripped-down EP version of So Far Gone was released in September to capitalize on the buzz, eventually going gold.